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Aleksei Statkevich Profile picture
Aleksei Statkevich
@AlekseiStatkevi
Engineering Leader at TikTok Ads. Previously, Founding Engineer at Ghost #selfdriving; @PrestoDB at @Facebook #bigdata. Passionate about #AI and #ML.
Jul 6, 2020 • 4 tweets • 4 min read
Last week @amazon acquired self-driving #startup @zoox for $1.2bn.

Zoox has been working on a building a special vehicle just for full #SelfDriving. The company raised ~$1bn in total and was previously valued at $3.2bn. /1

#AI #AutonomousVehicles

techcrunch.com/2020/06/26/ama… 2/ Whether Amazon will "rule the world" or not as an article in @Forbes says, it's yet to be clear where #AutonomousVehicles fit in Amazon's business. At the moment, Zoox is expected to continue working on their robotaxi vision.

forbes.com/sites/bradtemp…
May 18, 2020 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
The State of #SelfDriving in 2020. A comprehensive view on the key players in #SelfDrivingCars industry with a short summary for each.

"Since 2009, the companies working on robocars have disclosed at least $14 billion worth of investment."

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bloomberg.com/features/2020-… 2/ "#SelfDriving engineers were quietly recalibrating expectations and pushing promised timelines back."

"The only platform taking passengers in fully driverless vehicles is @Waymo, a @Google spinoff. It is the sector’s presumed front-runner."

Here's who the other leaders are: